The Mamas & The Papas (Official Thread)

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1966 If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears 1966 The Mamas & the Papas
1967 The Mamas and the Papas
1968 The Papas & The Mamas
1971 Monterey International Pop Festival
1971 People Like Us



I've always liked The Mamas & The Papas and I highly recommend this video which is an hour-long documentary which originally aired on PBS .. WOW .. I didn't realize that Cass Elliot was so talented .. I loved watching her dance ...

The following is being stolen from Wikipedia ~

The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover) were an American vocal group of the 1960s. The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles. They have sold nearly 40 million records worldwide.

Their signature sound was based on four-part male/female vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the band's songwriter who managed to "leave the folk music behind" and blend his writing with the new "beat" sound in an unprecedented mode. On the other hand, The Mamas & the Papas were riven by internal frictions almost from the start which inevitably made them short-lived as a working band. This, as well as other heavily discussed issues like "Who sang and who was edited out from what final mix?" has contributed to the group's myth even forty years later.



Formation

After the split-up of their two previous folk groups—The Mugwumps and The New Journeymen—bandmates Denny Doherty and John Phillips formed a new group, which included John's wife Michelle. The last member to join was Cass Elliot, though chief songwriter Phillips never wanted Elliot in the group as he was convinced that there was no way they could succeed in the music industry because of her image.

The band shortly moved to the United States Virgin Islands, and after running out of money, Michelle Phillips gambled back enough money for them to return to New York.

After a short period of going under the name The Magic Circle, the group found they disliked the name. One night, the Hells Angels were on a talk show. One of them said "Now hold on there, Hoss. Some people call our women cheap, but we just call them our Mamas." Cass stood up and said, "I want to be a Mama!" Michelle said she wanted to be a Mama too. After a couple of minutes of this, John and Denny looked at each other and shrugged. "The Papas? Name problem solved." At that point they referred to themselves as The Mamas and the Papas, shortly after signing a five-album contract with Dunhill Records.

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